The court further instructed the state to submit a complete list of all registered FIRs containing specific details against the petitioner. During the hearing, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the respondents virtually, raised a preliminary objection regarding maintainability: “I have a preliminary objection on maintainability. The court also remarked that interim relief cannot ordinarily be granted without an appropriate substantive prayer. Countering the maintainability objection, Banerjee’s counsel, Senior Advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan, said, “Particulars of four FIRs have not even been provided to us. “Each petition filed listed multiple FIRs, and in each instance, this court granted interim relief at the motion stage.